Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore, passed a resolution through the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Wednesday that would expand the Second Amendment protections for Oklahoma citizens.
House Joint Resolution 1034 would open a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution to a statewide vote. The amendment specifies that Oklahoma citizens’ rights to possess handguns, rifles, shotguns, knives, nonlethal defensive weapons and other arms in common use shall not be infringed upon.
The amendment seeks to prohibit any law from imposing registration or special taxation upon the keeping of arms including the acquisition, ownership, possession or transfer of arms, ammunition or components or arms or ammunition. Additionally, the amendment does not differentiate between items used for self-defense, lawful hunting or recreation.
House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, the original author of the resolution, had this to say in his presentation.
“The Second Amendment is the pillar upon which all other amendments rest,” McCall said. “House Joint Resolution 1034 further strengthens the already firm commitment that Oklahoma has to protecting and defending our God-given Second Amendment rights.”
The resolution passed the House on a partisan vote of 81-19 and now moves to the Senate.
